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Colour

#A6B9DD

  • #A6B9DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#A6B9DD is a blue with RGB values 166, 185, 221 and HSL 219°, 45%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#A6B9DD#A6B9DD
HEX#A6B9DD
RGBrgb(166, 185, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.651, 0.7255, 0.8667
RGB percentages65.1%, 72.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(219.3, 44.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.3, 24.9%, 86.7%)
CMYK24.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,926,557
CSS custom property--colour: #A6B9DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#594622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBBDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#98C0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.7Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Thistle · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 17.5Lavender · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDCAA6
Analogous#A6D5DD, #AFA6DD
Triadic#DDA6B9, #B9DDA6
Split complementary#DDAEA6, #D5DDA6
Tetradic#DDA6D5, #DDCAA6, #A6DDAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F3F9
Lighter +10%#CBD6EB
Darker −10%#819CCF
Darker −20%#5C7FC1
Darker −30%#4165A9
Darker −40%#334F84
More saturated +25%#97B4EC
Less saturated −25%#B5BECE

Channel breakdown

R166
G185
B221
Red166 (65.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue219.27°
Saturation (HSL)44.72%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A6 · G B9 · B DD

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